Product data standards for harmonizing product information

Managing product data standards doesn't have to be complex, time-consuming, or tricky.

What are product data standards?

Data standards are multilingual, media-neutral, and vendor-independent, and are often used globally for organizing, classifying, and sharing product information. They help avoid ambiguities or misunderstandings when sharing important product features.

Why product data standards?

Product data standards are the foundation for clear and understandable exchange of product information between companies. There are several commonly used product data standards, such as GS1 and ETIM, which set rules and guidelines for data structure and data exchange.

Why do we need data classifications?

Product data classifications help organize and categorize each piece of information, making it easier for suppliers and resellers to exchange information in a consistent manner. From the user's perspective, it creates a better, more unified experience for buyers and makes it easier to find and compare information.

Built-in solution...

...enables efficient management of product data standards.

This is how it works

1. Create

Create your own product data structure

Create your own product data structure comprising any data that you need to provide a good product experience.
2. Map out

Add required standards and classify data

Add the required standards and create a connection to the classifications of a standard to know the product information required for each product.
3. Connect

Connect your product data

Connect your own product data to the corresponding standard specification which is called normalization. You only need to do this once per specification, and the rest will be handled automatically.
4. Provide / Receive

Provide or receive data in standard format

You have your product data in an easily understandable universal format.

Some examples of product data standards

There are many product data standards available and you can handle them all in Pimmix. For instance some commonly used standards are ETIM and GS1 which universally used standards across companies.

ETIM

ETIM is an open standard to tackle unambiguous grouping and specification of technical products. It offers a data classifications structure for an electronic product database and applications such as an online web shop, search engines or other software. The ETIM model consists of unique identifiers for specific product groups, product classes (categories), synonyms (alternative keywords), features (product attributes), values, and units.

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GS1

GS1 is an organization that develops and maintains wide variety of global standards for business communities. Standards are designed to improve the efficiency, safety and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels in a wide variety of sectors. The standards give businesses a common language to identify, capture and share supply chain data. GS1 varies from barcodes to product data classifications and photographing rules.

Data standard management made easy

Understanding product data standards and maintaining them can be a heck of a job. With Pimmix you'll not only be able to be able to provide certain standards but it's also easy to maintain, deliver or collect data.

Classify and connect

Create your own product data structure with your own groups, data fields and specifications. Connect your data to a classification of a standard you need, and then connect corresponding specifications (normalization). Once connection is established first time, rest is automatic.

Convert your data to match standards

You can work with formulas to convert specifications. For instance you might want to present your product weight information in grams but a data standard requires it in kilos. You can easily add a formula to convert all your weight values automatically. No need to double maintain or compromise with data.

Don't worry about updating or changing standards

Pimmix has an automatic built-in product data standard collector system. It downloads the latest version of GS1 and ETIM for instance. This means product data standards are always up to date in the system. You don't need to do anything for that matter but just maintain classification connections.

Unified product information

Manage - Product data standard management with a purpose-built solution.

Easy - Necessary built-in tools for managing product data standards.

Clear - No ambiguities or misunderstandings when sharing important product features.